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23 customs petroleum officers complete offshore safety, emergency response training

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Twenty-three officers within the Customs Petroleum Unit (CPU) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have successfully completed a Tropical Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (THUET) course to develop knowledge and operating procedures in offshore safety and emergency response. The training session...
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Maersk Discoverer confirmed for new Guyana well in fourth quarter

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The Maersk Discoverer semisubmersible drilling rig is confirmed for exploration operations offshore Guyana in the fourth quarter of this year. According to Maersk’s latest Fleet Status Report, the rig is scheduled to be in Guyana, on contract with CGX Resources...
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Local Content Secretariat filtering all applications vigorously for schemers – Bharrat

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In the context of local content, “fronting” is a case where nationals may be listed as shareholders, executives, or management, without real participation in the strategic decision-making process of foreign companies. They may even have lower salaries than their...
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Nigeria signs new PSCs to boost offshore production, improve investor confidence

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Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), the state energy firm, announced the signing of a series of Production Sharing Contractors (PSC) aimed at boosting offshore oil production. Fully termed agreements were signed off with renegotiated PSCs for five oil mining leases...
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ExxonMobil to pursue deepwater exploration off India coasts with state oil company

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The state oil company of India, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with ExxonMobil for deepwater exploration of the East and West coasts of the country. The HoA was signed by Shri...
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JV delivers first OPITO-approved training facility for Guyana’s oil and gas industry

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ODITC – a joint venture partnership between Orinduik Development Incorporated, Windsor Technologies and 3t EnerMech – is the first entity with approval to deliver OPITO-accredited training to the oil and gas industry in Guyana. The 3t EnerMech Guyana Training Centre of...
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Unbundling of contracts, shorter payment period now central focus of gov’t, private sector

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The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) indicated, following a meeting Tuesday, that they have aligned on matters related to local content and will move together to find resolutions. The meeting involved discussions about the unbundling of...
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Petrobras selling off interest in exploration assets in Brazil’s Potiguar Basin

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Brazil’s state-controlled Petrobras has started the process to sell 40% of its interest in two exploratory deep-water concessions in the Potiguar Basin on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte. The company currently has a 100% interest in these concessions and said it will...
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Guyana already shortlisting residents for new highland settlement

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Guyana’s Ministry of Housing and Water said the government has already started shortlisting persons for homes to be built at Silica City, the new highland urban settlement to be built in the oil producing country. On Wednesday, Minister within the...
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Exxon awards contract to Magseis Fairfield for geophysical work in Stabroek Block

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Oslo-listed marine seismic survey firm, Magseis Fairfield, has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Guyana to conduct geophysical work in the Stabroek Block. According to Magseis, the contract is for a “large Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) project”, to be conducted using its ZXPLR...
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